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These numbers reflect a continuation of the trend that began last February: we are moving back toward pre-Covid numbers in terms of both the mean and the examinee count. We will likely see an increase in pass rates compared to last February, but we are also still seeing the effects of the pandemic on examinees who were in law school in 2020, 2021, and 2022.
— NCBE Director of Assessment and Research Rosemary Reshetar, in comments noted by Law.com as to the results of February 2024 Multistate Bar Examination. The exam’s national mean scaled score was 131.8, an increase over the February 2023 mean of 131.1. However, the 2024 national mean score was lower than the February 2022 mean of 132.6, and lower still than the 2021 national mean score of 134. Overall, there has been a 2.2 point score decline over the past three years. A total of 19,496 examinees took the February 2024 MBE, the largest number for a February exam since 2020.
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